Gemini Cooperation Aims for 90% Service Reliability in Ocean Shipping with Hub-and-Spoke Model

The leaders of Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk, Rolf Habben Jansen and Kenni Skotte, are confident that the new Gemini Cooperation will achieve its goal of 90% service reliability. The alliance, set to begin operations on February 1 next year, will implement a hub and spoke approach to mainliner and transshipment services in order to enhance reliability. This is a significant improvement compared to the current global reliability rate of 53% across all ocean container shipping carriers.

The Gemini Cooperation, covering seven trades and offering 57 services, aims to provide more stable and reliable services for shippers. Both Habben Jansen and Skotte emphasized the importance of increasing the use of transshipment networks to achieve this goal. They highlighted the structured and planned manner in which hubs will be controlled, ensuring more capacity than strictly required to isolate delays and prevent significant disruptions in the network.

Despite the decision to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa instead of through the Red Sea due to ongoing conflict, Skotte and Habben Jansen assured that this will not impact the alliance’s target of 90% reliability. They emphasized that the Gemini Cooperation is designed to meet the evolving needs of customers in a dynamic and volatile industry. The hub-and-spoke model allows for a lean network leveraging central hubs while maintaining global coverage for customers. Skotte expressed confidence that their innovative ocean network will set a new standard for schedule reliability in the industry.

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